Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अद्यप्रभृति कौन्तेय यजस्व समयो हि ते । मुहूर्तो यज्ञिय: प्राप्तश्नीदयन्तीह याजका:,“कुन्तीनन्दन! तुम आजसे यज्ञ आरम्भ कर दो। उसका समय आ गया है। यज्ञका शुभ मुहूर्त उपस्थित है और याजकगण तुम्हें बुला रहे हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

adya-prabhṛti kaunteya yajasva samayo hi te |

muhūrto yajñiyaḥ prāptaḥ snīdayantīha yājakāḥ ||

Translation

Vaiśampāyana berkata: “Wahai putera Kuntī, mulai hari ini laksanakanlah korban suci; waktumu yang ditetapkan benar-benar telah tiba. Saat muhurta yang bertuah bagi yajña sudah mendatang, dan para pendeta pelaksana upacara sedang memanggilmu di sini (untuk memulakan).”

Word by Word

अद्यtoday

प्रभृतिfrom (this time) onward

कौन्तेयO son of Kunti

यजस्वperform (the sacrifice)! / sacrifice!

समयःthe time

हिindeed/for

तेof you / your

मुहूर्तःthe auspicious moment

यज्ञियःfit for sacrifice / sacrificial (auspicious)

प्राप्तःhas arrived / has been obtained

स्नीदयन्तिthey call/invite (you)

इहhere

याजकाःthe priests/officiants

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Right action (dharma) includes timely performance of prescribed duties. The verse emphasizes beginning a righteous undertaking—here, a royal sacrifice—when the proper time and auspicious conditions are present, guided by qualified ritual experts.

What is happening in the narrative?

The narrator reports an instruction addressed to Kaunteya (Yudhiṣṭhira): the scheduled time for the sacrifice has arrived, the auspicious muhūrta is present, and the officiating priests are summoning him to commence the rite.